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Participant Info

First Name

Theresa

Surname

Hughes

Native Place

Roscrea, Tipperary

Age On Arrival

14

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Pemberton (Melbourne 1849)

Details

IGRS website, Apr 2014 noted that 'Matthew Hughes from Roscrea married Catherine Scholfield in 1831 ... in 1848 the family sought refuge in Roscrea Workhouse & their three daughters, Teresa, Mary & eliza were chosen to emigrate to Australia; shipping: house servant, reads only. Empl. RW Steiglitz, Ballan, £8, 2 years as apprentice; married William Morgan, Geelong, 20 Oct 1852, 12 children; husband a farmer at Ballarat & hotel keeper, 'Miner's rest'. She died 22 Aug 1892, buried Ballarat.

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